Sanguinius: The Great Angel

The Horus Heresy Primarchs, Book 17

By: Chris Wraight

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

A Primarchs Novel

"I have always been the master of wretches, and have learned from that. I am a wretch myself, a non-standard. To purify and to transform – that has been our gift."

Sanguinius, the very image of an angel, has chosen to obscure the origins of his Legion, and prevents outsiders from setting foot on his home world. A remembrancer attempts to discover why.

Listen to it because...

The 17th instalment of the Horus Heresy Primarchs series offers a glimpse of the Blood Angels Legion – and its celebrated primarch – from the outside, as we peer into the shrouded secrets of its past.

The story:

Sanguinius is the Great Angel, most beloved of all the primarchs, his mighty exploits celebrated throughout the entire Imperium as the Crusade expands into the void. And yet the origins of his Legion are shrouded in mystery and rumour, his unique physical form is an enigma, and his perilous home world remains off-limits to all but his own secretive people.

When a discredited remembrancer arrives with the expeditionary fleets to chronicle the primarch’s deeds, he has to work hard to uncover the truth behind the legends. As he accompanies the \\IX Legion to war against the enemies of the Emperor, the curious scholar comes to learn much more than he expected – not just about the subjects of his study, but also the nature of the Imperium itself.

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A beginning

I would recommend this novel ,as a starting point, to anyone looking to get into the Warhammer universe.

Doesn't Always Have to be All Combat.

The book does a good job of giving us a glimpse about the 9th legion's struggle with the thirst and how they learned to cope while Sanguinius was still around.

Makes the primarch much more interesting

Yep yep yep yeah yep blood for the blood wait no that’s the other one damn Chris Wraight is good

The Great Angel, a great Primarch story?

After having read many of these and all of the Heresy besides I recommend this book. To anyone who is a fan of the Blood Angels or would enjoy a somewhat fresh perspective in the setting. For anyone who enjoys a bit of detective work or is interested in a tale that begins to bridge the gap between old Imperium and "new."

This book is not from Sanguinius' perspective and I do believe that's good. It isn't necessary and we do have a good amount of that already. I would rank this very high in the Primarch series. Well above others that get high praise as well. Jonathan Keeble is excellent as always and Chris Wraight has again proven to me to be one of the best writers for Black Library. Is it my favorite Primarch book? I can't say...

A good story, but not like the other Primarch books

The story all in all is good. It has call backs to the ending of the Great Crusade and shows Legion Warfare through the eyes of a remembrancer on the front lines. It does have some insights to Sangunius and his sons, only recently (by 40k standards) having reformed from the Revenants into the Blood Angels. If you really want Sangunius to be the center of the piece, Echos of Eternity is the book for you. Still worth the listen.

Tragic elegance.

You get the feeling that the author in the book and the author writing the book are sharing a kind of "Sanguiniuos Fatigue." Tired of the beautiful hawk boi always being portrayed as idyllic and infinitely splendid. The flavor of the writing and the vocals of the actor both come as a contrast from the title of the story. All in all a refreshingly human side perspective, and a step back toward the grim darkness of older novels. I truly enjoyed it.

fantastic book hickory narration

Chris Wright's book on Sanguinius as read by Jonathan keeble is a a great yarn. The first person narration from the remembrancer is fantastic.

I liked it

I wish we’d have gotten a little more Bel Sepatus or even an interaction with Amit but it was good over all. The ending (even though it was the only way it could end) gave me a reaction which is what a story that speaks to you should do. I thought to hear Keeble in another voice was good too. “The poison and the cure” it makes you think about the little things you get in these stories, like Gabriel Seth and the effect Amit’s reliquary in Devastation of Baal.

An introspective angel

Another fantastic and refreshingly cerebral novel in the 40k universe, Chris Wraight does it again and expounds on the complete and flawed philosophies of the Imperiums finest sons.

Decent!

The overall story was good but I was expecting more. Sanguinius is arguably one of the greatest Primarchs and I was hoping to hear more about him and how he became to be that.